Sentinel satellites boost cryosphere studies

Data from Sentinel satellites has been employed to develop a range of products and services based on remote sensing. These can be used to forecast weather, evaluate changes in land-use cover, plan for hydropower and study the impacts of climate change.

Changes in the frozen water part of the Earth system known as the cryosphere are expected to play a role in climate change studies, hydrology and hydropower. They will also affect the quality of fresh and coastal water, through melting snow and the thawing and freezing of soil to induce and restrain different processes in the aquatic environment. These processes are also influenced by changes in land cover.

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